Neocogniauxia

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Neocogniauxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Alliance: Neocogniauxia
Genus: Neocogniauxia
Schltr.
Species
  • Neocogniauxia hexaptera
  • Neocogniauxia monophylla

Neocogniauxia is a genus of orchids, (family Orchidaceae), consisting of two species in the Greater Antilles.

Neocogniauxia hexaptera (Cogn.) Schltr. is endemic to Hispaniola and Neocogniauxia monophylla (Griseb.) Schltr. to Jamaica

The genus is named for botanist Alfred Cogniaux.

[edit] References

Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 252-253, 2000

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